U.S. Steel’s David Burritt threatens to flatten Pittsburgh. Where’s the (Democratic) indignation?
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Workers Say Plant Eligible for $2 Billion in Public Funds Is Union-Busting
Eos’s Pittsburgh-area battery plant got subsidies aimed at ‘good clean jobs.’ Its workers say they’re getting fired for unionizing.
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The State of the Unions, Labor Day 2024
Growing among professional workers, but still stuck when it comes to organizing nearly everybody else
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How Much Will the CHIPS Act Help the Workers Who Make Them?
The Commerce Department’s standards don’t require companies receiving billions in public funds to allow their workers to unionize.
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A Landmark Federal Ruling Against Union Busting Has Boosted Organizing
Union elections are up in the year since the labor board created new penalties for law-breaking employers. But an appeal could reverse the decision.
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How Tim Walz Saved Workers’ Lives and Limbs
The Democrats’ vice-presidential nominee has won extraordinary advances in worker safety in Minnesota.
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Shawn Fain Explicates ‘Scab’
And other observations by the UAW’s president
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A Safety Net for Unemployed Workers
The job market is strong. Now is the perfect time to fix the unemployment system.
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Minnesota Workers Strike Down Shady Provision That Restricts Their Freedom of Employment
The state banned so-called ‘restrictive covenants’ that make contracted labor agreements harder to break.
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Woodsman, Fell That Tree!
A court rejects the claim of a tree-cutting company that an FTC ban on noncompetes violates its right to keep its former employees from going out on their own.